Air and gas port for open-hearth furnaces.



F. 1). GARNEY s; T. T. Momma. AIR AND GAS PORT FOR DPEN HEARTH FURNACES.

APPLICATION FILED JUEE 15, 1908.

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P: D, GARNEY (x; T. T. MQ'ENTEE, AIR AND GASPORT FOR OPEN HEARTH FURNACES.

I APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 15, 1908. 93 19 5 i atented Apr. 20, 1909.

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F. D. CARNEY & T. T. MQENTEE. AIR AND GAS PORT FOR OPEN HEAETH FURNACES. APPLICATION FILED JUH11 1 s';-j190s. 1

9 1 5g 1 Q5 htenteda Apr 20, 1909. i 3 SHEETS-$5 5315 ZJ i/ j FRANK Di OAHNEY AND THOMAS '1. Mcl'lh' MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO KEY-5T0 I, or STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS, FURNACE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, OF PITTS- BURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFTENNSYLVANIA.

AIR AND GAS PORT FDR OPEN-HEARTH FURNACES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909 Application filed June 15,1903. Serial No. more.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK D. CARNEY end Tnoiulis 'l. MCENTEE, citizens of the United States, and residing at Steelton, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air and Gas Ports for Open-l-Icrrrth Furnaces; and we do hereby declare the following to be a, full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertnins to nntlrc and use the some, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a. part of this specification.

Our invention relates to ports for open hearth furnaces and has for its object to cool those )erts of the port or ports most liable to be fused.

During the operation of open hearth furnaces the mostserious fusion of the refrec tory walls and partitions takes place at the partition between the, air and gas ports, being the arch or partition over the mouth of the gas port of open hearth furnaces es constructed in accord-once with-the present open hearth furnace practice, This fusion is caused by the gases which pass over the molten both through the gas and iLll ports to the hen-ting clunubcrs or regencintor chumbcrs below the furnace. 'lhcse gases ontrain with them as a rule very fine particles of iron or iron oxid which not as ailux on the fire brick forming the mouth of the port and by the invention we materially increase the life of these ports end 2L.'Ol(l. the expensive and frequent changes customnry in the operation of open hearth furnaces.

Referring to the drawings, in which like ports are similarly designated, Figure l. is a front View of it removable port section showing the mouths of air and gas ports of on open h'ezu'thfurnace Fig, 2 is it longitudinal verl iczrl section through the air and gals ports and it portion of on open hen-rill furnace showing our invention, Fig. 5 is n front view partly in vertical,section of the cooling device, Fig. l 2L plan thereof partly in horizontal section and Fig. 5 is a transverse,

section on the line5-5 of Figs, 3 and 4f According to the invention we mzthc only the mouths of the ports removable, being preferably that portion inimedietely adjncent the furnace proper and \vhiclrforms :i

vertical narrow section. The upper ends of the fines from the heating or regenerefor chambers end a portion of the port-conduits leading therefrom to the furnace, being coinpnretively permanent, are built in e .st-c tionary structure R so that we provide a, section removable from between the end of the furnace proper and said stationery structure (3 containing portions of the gas and air ports and ducts, said removable section e1nbodying the parts most frequently requiring repairs, such the mouth of the ports. To this end we form a frame 2 of structural metal within which we build the brick work and structurc'of refractory material to form 'continuzitions of the gas and stir port concooling pistes 3 end 4 abutting against stet-ionary cooling plates 5 on the furnace proper.

8 is the air port and i) the guts port conduit whose mouth portions 8 end 9 are Within the removz ble section, and in the brick pan tit-ion over that part of the gas port 9, being that partition that separates the air and gas ports, we place :i cooling device 10. I cooling device is shown. more fully in detail in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 and comprises it casting of bronze or other suitable metal internally divided into two chambers, e distributing chamber (.L and a cooling chamber 1), separated by e partition wall 11/ The distribu ting chun'ibor (I is preferably the smaller of the two, is fnrthcr from the furnace and is preferably provided with an inlet l2 opening into the distributing chamber, and an outlet 12 at one side of the highest part of the cooling chamber. if it be desirable that cooling water may be supplied to the cooling device it) at either end of the che nber c the ends may be provided with .opei'iings for pipes. in the rear wall 13;,0f the cooler, being that well farthest from the hcerth, we provide a i 11 umber of openings closedioy plugs ll. Op

. being smaller than the plugs 14 in order that they may be secured in place through the. holes closed by the removable plugs 14:.

These tubes 15 terminate near the front Wall gas port.

arched portion 0 of the cooler.

17 of the cooler. Between the tubes are preferably, but not necessarily, provided sup .Iorting members 18 between the upper an lower Walls and formed in the cooler when it is cast. Depending from the lower Wall of tliecooler are hollow extensions 20 formed 'as skewbacks at the'ends of the These skewbaclrs'or extensions carry the arched brick lining forming the roof of the mouth of the The removable sections containmg the mouths of the ports are interchangeable, and when Water pi ies are disconnected are lifted intoand out o place by means of a suitable crane. Cooling water is supplied through a main pipe 21 over the top of the frame 2 and through a vertical pipe 22 through the brick Work to the inlet opening in the cooler 10. Cooling water is also distributed by suitable connections to the'cooling plates 3 and 4. This cooling Water entering the cooler 10 passes into the smaller distributor chamber a and thence through the several tubes 15 is delivered to the l'or- Ward and hottest end of the chamber 5 whence it flows to and issues through outlet 12 into a discharge pipe 24 passing vcrtically alongside pipe 22, thence over the top of the frame to an open ended vertical pipe 25, emptying into a funnel The entire cooler 10 is embedded in the partition between the mouths of the air and volts and adjacent walls and remains in its p ace during removal of the movable section.

No claim:

1 The combination with an open hearth furnace having an air flue above the gas flue of a Water cooler incloscd Within the parti' tion wall between the air and gas ilues at their entrance to the furnace to cool the mouths or ports of said llues.

' 2. The combination with an open hearth furnace having air and gas lines; of a Water cooler Enclosed. within the partition Wall bctween the air and lines at their ports and situated nearer to the roof oi the than to the bottom ol'tho air port.

3. lTlIC combinatioi'i .u'ith an open hearth furnace having air and gas lines; of a suitably cooled HIV-l1. supporter for the brick work l orming the partition between the upper and lower ports and inclosed within the gas port avails and partition separating the upper and lower ports at their mouth portions. I

The combination with an oien h *arth furnace havin stationary air an gas lines; of a removal) e port section. containing the being separated from but communic erases mouths of said fines and a water cooledof a removable port section containing the mouths of the air and gas ports and a water cooled arch supporter Within the Wall and partition between the air and. gas ports to support the roof of the gas port. I

6. A cooler for the mouths of the air and gas ports of open hearth furnaces comprising a casing having a distrib-uter chamber having one or more inlets for a cooling medium, a cooling chamber having-one or more exits for cooling medium, said chambers sepa rated by a partition, and distributerapipes mounted in the partition and discharging cooling medium from the distributor chamber near the end of the cooling chamber.

7. A cooler for the mouths of the air and gas ports of open hearth furnaces comprising a casing having an arched portion and divided into a distributor chamber having an inlet and a cooling chamber having an exit, a' partition Wall having open ngs there- .through dividing said chambers, openings in a wall of the distributor chamber, ilugs normally closing said. openings which are larger than the openings in the partition Wall, and straight distributor pipes mounted in the openings in the partition wall to distribute cooling water near the front end of the cool' ing chamber. 7 S. A cooler for the moutl'is oi the air and -'gas ports of open hearth furnaces comprising a casing having an arched portion between its sides. and arch supporting members at each end. of the arched portion, a partition wall having openings ihorethrough dividing the interior of the easing into distributing and cooling chambers, one outer ivall of the casing and distributing chamber having openings therein opposite those in the partition wall, plugs normally closing said openings, distributor pipes secured in. the openings in the partition wall to distribute dooling water near the front of the cooling Cl'L&Hl-

her, a water supply pipe entering the distributing chamber, and a discharge pipe for the cooling chamber.

2'). cooler for the mouths of tlio air and gas ports oi open hearth furnaces comprising an arched casing having inthi'nal distributing and cooling chambers, the cooling'chanibor ting with the distributing chamber, and means to supply cooling water to the distributing chamber and having hollow extensions or slcewbaclrs at the ends of the arched nortion tosup ort roof of the gas port. A

10 in a :urnace oi the character desc ibed.

having gas end ports, an arch forming the separating W all between ports, said arch .by Walls,

having a water-cooled box or casting and a "said-ports, and hollow water-cooled bqx s01 refractory lining or covering on both sides of plates extending into "said arch; substant-he casting, substantially as described. tially as described. i 11. In a furnace of the type described, i In testimony that we 0121' the feregeing '15 havin adjacent gas and air ports separated as our invention, We have signed our names hollow Weter-cooled plates or boxes 1 in presence of two subscribing Witnesses; inserted in the walls between said ports and i t FRANK D. CARNEY, removable through openings in the walls" THOMAS l. MOENTE'E thereof, substantially as described, l Witnesses:

12. In a furnace of th type described, GEO. W. PARSONS, having gas and air ports, an arch separating ,1 W. S. RUTHERFORD. 

